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American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2020, 8(1), 1-7
DOI: 10.12691/AJMCR-8-1-1
Case Study

Acute Heart Failure in Scleroderma Renal Crisis: A Case Study for Review of Cardiac Disease in Systemic Sclerosis

Abhimanyu Amarnani1, Perry Wengrofsky1, Cindy L. Tsui1, Pramod Theetha Kariyanna1, Naureen Kabani1, Louis Salciccioli1 and Isabel M. McFarlane1,

1Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A-11203

Pub. Date: November 05, 2019
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Abhimanyu Amarnani, Perry Wengrofsky, Cindy L. Tsui, Pramod Theetha Kariyanna, Naureen Kabani, Louis Salciccioli and Isabel M. McFarlane. Acute Heart Failure in Scleroderma Renal Crisis: A Case Study for Review of Cardiac Disease in Systemic Sclerosis. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2020; 8(1):1-7. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-8-1-1

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Systemic sclerosis, scleroderma cardiac disease, left ventricular dysfunction, right ventricular dysfunction, coronary artery disease, perimyocarditis, cardiac arrythmias

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